Aeroplane and boat mooring cabinet



Sept. 18, 1962 J. F. DEYE AEROPLANE AND BOAT MOORING CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 22, 1961 INVENTOR. JOHN F. DEYE Sept. 18, 1962 Y AEROPLANE AND BOAT MOORING CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 22, 1961 FIGS.

INVENTOR. JOHN F. DEE

Y 444x34. a W ATTO EY United States Patent 3,054,583 AEROPLANE AND BOAT MOORING CABINET John F. Deye, 2515 Hansford Place, Cincinnati, Ohio Filed June 22, 1961, Ser. No. 118,878 1 Claim. (Cl. 244115) My invention relates to methods and means for securing aeroplane and/or boats against movement because of winds, river currents and tide flows.

The object of my invention is to provide a mooring means integral with a cabinet for storing accessories, tools and Supplies. In order to more readily teach my invention I have disclosed an embodiment thereof in accompanying drawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet with a mooring ring secured to its top.

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of a base and anchor bolts for securing the cabinet to it and in place.

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of an aeroplane secured to the mooring cabinet.

FIGURE 4 is a front elevation of the mooring cabinet showing the means for securing it to virgin ground.

FIGURE 5 is a front elevation of the mooring cabinet showing the method for securing the mooring cabinet to a concrete paved runway.

FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary elevation showing the method of securing the mooring cabinet to a boat docking float.

In the drawings like and similar parts are indicated by the same indicia.

In FIGURE 1 a cabinet 1 with a top 2 is Welded to sides 3. A front 4 has a swinging door 5 for access into the cabinet. Within the cabinet there is a shelf 6 for elevated storage space. In the preferred form the cabinet has no base plate, it is open to permit placing the cabinet over and around a base 7 to be explained. While I illustrate no base plate within the cabinet I do not wish to limit myself thereto as there are instances where a base plate in addition to the base will be used. Within the cabinet at a distance up from the bottom 8 there are bolt plates 9 in all four corners of the cabinet. In these plates there are holes 10 adapted to receive anchor bolts 11 which secure the cabinet to a nesting base '7. Secured in the top of the cabinet is a mooring eyelet ring 16 for tie lines to aeroplanes or boats. A stationary eyelet ring is shown; however, a swiveling eyelet ring can be used as an alternate. The base 7 is an open frame having top corner plates 12 with holes 13 adapted to be placed in alignment with the holes 10 in the cabinet for the anchor bolts 11 to secure the cabinet and base together. Other bottom corner plates 14 in the base have holes 15 for other anchor bolts to be explained. The base is constructed to permit the cabinet to be placed down on and around the base.

Referring to FIGURE 4 there is illustrated a dry land anchor for use on unpaved ground. A concrete plug 17 with anchor bolts 18 is preformed in the ground. The anchor bolts 18 are spaced for alignment with the holes 15 in the corner plates 14 and secure the base to the concrete plug. If desired, the anchor bolts may be length- 3,654,583 Patented Sept. 18, 1962 ened and extend upward through the corner plates in the base and corner plates in the cabinet. The top of the concrete can be poured and leveled off to the top of the base. In the preferred embodiment the base is secured to the anchor bolts 18. The base is hollow and the top of the concrete is level with the ground. The cabinet is placed around the base and secured to the base by bolts through the corner plates 9 and 12.

In FIGURE 5 there is illustrated my mooring cabinet secured to a concrete paved runway. In this embodiment anchor bolts 19 are imbedded in a runway 20 and are of sufiicient length to extend upward beyond the height of the base and of ample length for nuts to secure the cabinet to the base. In this embodiment the base i filled with concrete to raise the level of the bottom of the cabinet to the height of the base. This insures against rain water entering the cabinet. The cabinet is then secured around the base by means of washers and nuts on the anchor bolts 19.

In FIGURE 6 there is shown a fragment of a dock for mooring boats on streams. The base is filled with concrete and the cabinet and base are secured together as previously explained. The cabinet has the customary electric conduit 22 with outlets 21 for light and power plugs. Door switches may be installed to turn on and off the electric energy when the door is opened or closed.

In practice an aeroplane 23 is secured to the mooring cabinet by means of a cable or chain 24 and holds the aeroplane against mobility. The cabinet contains tools, accessories and supplies normally needed with repairing or checking an aeroplane for flight. The same is true for the mooring cabinet on a dock. This mooring cabinet is unique in that it provides substantial mooring and at the same time is efiicient and handy when working on an aeroplane or a boat depending upon its particular use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A mooring cabinet for aeroplanes and boats, said cabinet having a storage compartment accessible through a hinged door, a base frame for said cabinet adapted to be nested within said cabinet, corner gusset plates secured in corners of said cabinet and other corner gusset plates secured in corners of said base frame, anchor bolt holes in said gusset plates in said cabinet and base frame in alignment each to the other, a monolithic concrete plug secured in the earth and Within said base frame to form a basefor said cabinet on a plane above the level of said earth, anchor bolts secured in said concrete plug extending through said holes in said gusset plates to secure said cabinet nested on said base frame and concrete base and a mooring ring secured in a top of and exterior of said mooring cabinet.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 124,532 Barnard Mar. 12, 1872 1,784,568 Bale Dec. 9, 1930 1,899,496 Day Feb. 28, 1933 2,469,659 Martin May 19, 1949 

